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Committee refers MCAS graduation requirement discussion to subcommittee
Summary
Members voted to send discussion of graduation requirements in light of the Commonwealth’s vote to eliminate MCAS as a graduation requirement to the appropriate subcommittee for review.
The School Committee agreed to refer the discussion about future graduation requirements, prompted by the Commonwealth’s removal of MCAS as a graduation requirement, to the appropriate subcommittee for study.
Vice Chair Monroe Naylor had asked that the item be tabled and considered by subcommittee rather than at the full meeting; a motion was made and seconded to send the matter to the curriculum-and-programs (or appropriate) subcommittee. Committee members said the superintendent is conducting due diligence on how to maintain high standards and that a subcommittee working session would allow a more thorough review before full-committee consideration.
The transcript shows a motion and a second to refer the matter; the record indicates the committee intended to follow the standard subcommittee process. The roll-call vote for the referral was discussed in the meeting, but the transcript does not provide a formal roll-call tally for the referral in the public record excerpted here.
